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Northwest Bergen County is composed of 13 towns: Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah, Midland Park, Oakland, Ramsey, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick and Wyckoff. New Jersey taxes are generally high compared to other areas of the state, and Bergen County ...
06/28/2012
The market is better. It's not wonderful, but it's better. Better than what? Well, better than the last 3 years, that's for sure. Phones are ringing, people are calling for appointments to see homes, homes are selling in fewer than 6 months, and pricing has gotten more realistic at the start of...
06/23/2012
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We've all had home inspectors we've had to deal with --- some good, some not-so good; some efficient with time, some who take so much time we wonder if they're homeless --- but there are a few that make you wonder how they got licensed. One of my least favorites --- a Bergen County, NJ inspector...
06/17/2012
So, your Sellers are ready to move their family to the new home they've purchased, Everything is packed, the home has been scrubbed from top to bottom (don't you love Sellers who like to clean?), and we only have a week til the big day. Then the phone rings (cue the music DA-DA-DA-DUM!!!!). You...
06/15/2012
If you're one of those people --- like Superman --- who likes to fight for justice, doesn't mind giving up making a living for months on end, and has $500 to put on the line, you might enjoy the process called filing an ethics complaint. I'm assuming the $500 "deposit" is to discourage agents fr...
06/14/2012
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Now that we are required to take Continuing Education courses, before June, 2013, I figured I'd better get a head-start, so I signed up for a Procuring Cause class, taught by Mimi Weisinger. I figured that after 23years in real estate, I could probably teach the course myself, but hoped it would...
06/13/2012
I swore I would never move to a townhouse. When I left my hometown of Asbury Park, NJ to move to Bergen County, I thought I had moved to mars. First, no ocean. Who leaves the ocean to move to the sticks? And, in 1972, Franklin Lakes was the sticks. Then, after the divorce, I had to make anot...
06/11/2012
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Although activity has certainly picked up in the Bergen County, NJ housing market, prices haven't, and won't for years. We so often forget that a 3-5%/yr increase in house prices was the norm for much of the 23 years I've been a Realtor, so when a buyer paid $750,000 for his home, in 2011, and t...
06/08/2012
Kate Conover | RE/MAX Properties | (201) 264-4417 Undisclosed Address, Franklin Lakes, NJ Franklin Lakes Colonial Like New!! 4BR/2+1BA Single Family House offered at $849,900 Year Built 1968 Sq Footage 2,648 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 3 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size 30,056 sqf...
06/03/2012